Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) occur when a single nucleotide is replaced by another nucleotide in a certain stretch of DNA which may lead to variations in amino acid sequences.
What are Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms?
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Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are genetic mutations that alter single base in DNA, causing sequence modification in amino acids and malfunction of a corresponding protein. Reprinted with permission from [51] Not altered. CC.
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